Have you ever noticed that you are more creative when you're about to fall asleep? Surely I'm not the only one who experiences this. As I get sleepy, my self-imposed rules falter and I give myself more freedom to think strange (but sometime useful!) thoughts. Whatever the reason, I certainly enjoy having a surge of creative ideas, I just fear that I'll forget them. So I've been keeping a notepad and pen on my bedside table for a few years now, and I write down my new ideas right before I fall asleep so I won;t forget them. A lot of the time, my late-night scribbles will make no sense to me at all the following morning. But there are those few times when I look at my notes from the night before and realize I was really onto something. Those are the notes I live for.

I lot of times, my creative ideas are new recipes or food styling ideas. Like this radial chip design I have in the photograph above - I'm pretty sure that was from one of my late-night scribbles on a piece of scrap paper.

Yes, I do dream about guacamole. No, I am not ashamed.

And you shouldn't be either, once you start to see this amazing recipe for guacamole appearing in your dreams. I'm warning you, this stuff is addictive, and super healthy. I am completely convinced that recipe is the reason why the phrase "Holy guacamole" exists.

Sweet dreams! :)

Creamy Guacamole

Ingredients:

2 ripe avocados

juice of 1 lime

1/2 cup of chopped tomatoes

1/2 of a small onion, chopped

1 small jalapeño pepper, chopped

1-2 roma tomatoes, chopped

1/2 teaspoon of cumin

1/2 teaspoon of cayenne pepper

1 clove of garlic

Directions:

Peel the avocado and mush it into a paste (or use a blender to pulse the avocado into a pulp). Stir in the rest of the ingredients. Enjoy with chips, tortillas, or (if you're like me) really big spoons.